United States Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Tuesday that a sanctions bill putting onerous restrictions on companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 project would come in the "not too distant future.”
Delays in obtaining permits from Denmark are blamed for the setback.
Bill would impose travel and financial sanctions on those involved with building Nord Stream 2.
OPEC sources said there were conflicting views on the significance of the Russian outage, and that the complexity of Russia's pipeline system meant the issue was not straightforward.
The Russian energy ministry said on May 4 that clean Russian crude oil meeting all quality requirements had arrived at the Mozyr refinery in Belarus, after contaminated crude led it to halt flows in the pipeline last week.
Officials want to raise the production quota, pointing to improved market conditions.
These 25 offshore key players are increasing production and efficiencies.
Long suspension could cut refining operations in Eastern Europe and reduce Russian output.
Saudi Arabia is expected to make up the deficit but the Russian leader said he knows of no plans to increase production.
Shipments of clean oil could begin as early as April 29.
